Storied Stuff: Volume I — Donation of Books to Open Books
Storied Stuff: Volume I — Donation of Books to Open Books
Storied Stuff has committed to donating up to 100 books to Chicago-based Open Books, a nonprofit literacy organization that helps transform lives through reading, writing, and the unlimited power of books. They partner with communities to ensure that youth and families have equitable access to be lifelong readers.
Open Books collects approximately 1.5 million donated books every year that it repurposes in two ways—either by selling them in its retail bookstores (and using the proceeds to support literary programs), or providing them free-of-cost to children and families who lack access to books through direct book grants, book nooks, and other community-based initiatives.
More information about Open Books can be found at Open-Books.org.
For every $12.50 received, Storied Stuff will donate one copy to Open Books. We encourage you to order multiple copies to help us reach our goal. When you order, you can select a “Quantity” of 1 or more books. Each book you add is a book we can donate to Open Books.
We will keep you posted as we reach and hopefully exceed our goal of donating 100 books to Open Books.
Contributors in Order of Appearance
Gabi Coatsworth | Adrienne Gallagher | Esther Cohen | Jim Dorr | Beth Inlander | Arnie Kanter | Evalynne Gould Elias | Francie Arenson Dickman | Jack Hertz | Jack Doppelt | Junior Burke | Noelle Allen | Laura B. Becker | Nancy O’Brien Dorr | Phil Kirschbaum | Judy Kassouf Cummings | Carol Bobrow | James Finn Garner | Cathy Kinard | Kathryn L. Kaplan | Judi Geake | Joe Garber | Larry Gritton | Susie Butterfield | Julie Cowan | Lillian Dailey | Robert Bissell | Barbara Walter Hetler | Jenny Klein | Dennis Baron | Lisa Hart | Keir Graff | Marylou DiPietro | George Kovac | Marilyn Kochman | Chuck Frank | Patricia Adelstein | Chuck Brown | Nan Doyal | Manny Brown | Nancy Hepner Goodman | Mary Loretta Kelly | N. G. Haiduck | Peggy Heitman | Candi Glicken | Pam Gassel | Elaine Johnson | Joni Blecher | Mary B. Hansen | Susan Grout | Kathy Brant | William Anthony | Liza Blue | Lynn Bodnar | Pat Hitchens | Pat Kreger | Keith Kretchmer | Thomas G. Fiffer | Laurie Kahn | Tuni Deignan | Annette Gendler | Joanna Clapps Herman | Mark Larson | Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich | Ina Chadwick | Suzanne Guess | Judy Iacuzzi | Lisa Lauren | Fred Karger | Valerie Kretchmer | Fred Gants | Bob Kaufman | Robert J. Elisberg | Allyson Dykhuizen | Josh Kaplan | Betsy Lackey | Elizabeth Drucker | Jean Harned Boyle | Abigail Brooks | Jim Dodds | Bill Durden | Robert Jordan | Mike Conklin | Sally deVincentis | Larry Cohan | Becca Taylor Gay | Patricia Merritt Lear | Bobbie Calhoun | Jim Cunningham | Peggy Wagner Kimble | Sue Gano | Carol Kanter | Paula Beardell Krieg | Christine Goodwin | Barbara Huffman | Mary Campbell | Bonny Howe | Judy Frank Frolich | Karen Fulks | Reed Ide | Lester Jacobson | Melissa Hunt | Jean Diamond | David Inlander | Ken Hersh | Linda Gartz | Sharon Fiffer | Steve Fiffer
From the Introduction by Sharon Fiffer
Every bit of stuff we hang on to or are drawn to, tells a story. The universal, after all, is found in the specific.We spread the word about Storied-stuff.com through friends, friends of friends, and social media. We asked everyone we encountered if they, perhaps, had a story and an object to share.
Stories and photos appeared in our inbox, editor@storied-stuff.com. People, it seemed, could indeed look around their living space and find an object whose story resonated, whose story could be shared.
Here is a sneak peek at one of the entries.
